Personal Heater (Shanks x Reader)

"Achoo!" You grumbled to yourself as you tightened the blanket around your shoulders. You never liked the cold. You lived on a warm island. Your tolerance for the cold was zero. If you had known you'd be anchored off a winter island you would have gotten winter clothes at the crews last stop for supplies.

Then you never did expect to be on a pirate ship in the first place.

It was about a month ago when the Red Haired Pirates had made a surprise stop at your home island. Over the years of them stopping by you had come to know them well and got to enjoy their visits. However, Benn Beckman was the you were actually closest to. He was like an older brother to you. This time they weren't the only pirates there. Another group of pirates had stopped at the island and started causing trouble.

You were walking back from the store. You were planning on fixing your favorite pirates dinner. But that got interrupted when the other pirate crew decided to cause trouble. You had just walked into the tavern to let your friends known that you were getting ready to start dinner and for them to not be late. The other pirate crew were causing a mess. In typical fashion the Red Hair Pirates just continued drinking and watched what was going on. That is until one of the other pirates decided to get fresh with you.

"Hello, sexy lady," The pirate said as he stalked up to you and put his arm around you. You about gagged at his foul smelling breath. "How about you and me get to know each other?"
Before you could say anything the man slapped your backside. You squeaked when he did that and turned to slam him, but didn't get a chance. By the time you had turned around Shanks had the man pinned, by the neck, against the wall.

"Now, now," Shanks hissed as he glared at the man. The man gasped for air and clawed at Shanks hand.
"That's no way to treat a lady."

Suddenly there was a loud explosion and another pirate cried out that marines were on the island. You ran outside with Shanks to find the other pirate crew was fighting with the marines. Next thing you knew you were hanging upside down from Shanks' shoulder as he and his crew ran for their ship. You watched your island getting smaller and smaller. With all the smoke coming from it it looked like a mini battle field.

And here you were. Freezing on a ship with a bunch of drunken pirates and no answer to when they were going to return you to your home. You already had a couple layers of clothes on, but it wasn't doing any good. You were debating going back to the crew and actually accepting their offer of getting drunk.
Though you couldn't stand alcohol at least one benefit form it would be you'd be passed out and not having to deal with the cold. You sighed. Benn would never allow you to get drunk anyway, he was too protective of you to let that happen, it was still a tempting offer.

You had no choice but to wait for Benn to finally come to bed. You shared his bunk with him since there was no other place for you to go. Well, almost no other place. Captain Shanks did offer you to sleep with him in his room. Your face turned as red as his hair when he said this to you. And he said it loudly and in front of the entire crew. It made you wonder if he, and the rest of the crew, knew you had a crush on the red haired man. Benn knew. It was impossible for him not to know. He knew you too well.

You were about to get up and go snuggle with Benn when the door to the room opened. Thinking it was the crew finally turning in for the night, you stayed in Benn's bed and waited for him to lay down. At least now you would get warm. You blinked in confusion when a black cape dropped over you.

Your body stiffened when he crawled under the covers, wrapped his arms around you and pulled you into his chest. He tangled your feet together as he leaned in and whispered into your ear. You shivered at his voice and breath tickling your ear. "I mean it when I told you, if you wanted to get warm you could come sleep in my bed. You really don't have to be so shy and stubborn around me. I won't do anything to disgrace you, my little lady."

"I'm not shy!" You hissed low. He chuckled. You could feel your face get hot. You weren't typically shy. It's just this man made you that way. You tried to wiggle out of his strong grip. He chuckled again when all you managed to do was wiggle around to face him. "Will you let go of me? Benn's going to be coming to bed soon! He's not going to be very happy about you being here with me!"

Shanks chuckled once again. He touch his nose to yours. You wanted to move away, but his grip was far to strong for you. "Benn and the others won't be coming."

"W-What do you mean?" You blink at him.

"They're drunk and passed out in the galley. We're all alone now," Your blush went a few shades darker. You adverted your eyes from him. Shanks went quiet as well as he fiddled with your hair. Soon be broke the silence. "Are you warm now?"

"A little," You reply softly.

"Just a little? Guess I'm going to have to warm you up with a different approach," You looked up at him in attempt to ask him what he meant by that only to get cut off by his lips pressing against yours. You froze in shock at the kiss, but soon found yourself melting into his embrace. You kissed him back, allowing him to lead you as he moved his lips again yours. Soon he broke the kiss, allowing your lungs to refill with air. He pressed his lips to your forehead. "Go to sleep now."

All you could do is nod and snuggle into his chest. While laying there your recovering brain realized that the man didn't have any alcohol on his breath. You look back up at him. He looked at you and smiled tenderly. "Y-You didn't drink tonight, did you?"

"Anytime you get cold just come to me," He pecked your lips. "I'll be more than glad to warm you up."

You nod again and snuggled back into his warm chest, his fingers danced in your hair. As you drift off to sleep you finally realize you had acquired your own personal heater and the real reason you were still on this pirate ship.